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Made it to the AOMC Constantine Super meet and ran the Beast and my favorite from the past, the 1964 Jones with the Modified 75H. Just a sweet running motor and handling boat. The old 6 ran...

Guess if I want to stay on the sticky list I need to update the thread a little more often. Has been a while, time sure flying by.
I have run the engine on the dyno a few times as I continue to...

Some place at some time I think that I have shared this story before, so here it goes again.
1966 John McMullen (M-14) purchased the first 6 cylinder Quincy looper. He also purchased the 15' jones...

Well the virus has not got me yet. Sure has got the summer screwed up. Along with all facets of life.
Constantine antique meet was a couple of weeks ago and did not make that. The engine sets on...

Been a while since my last post Seems like the last year has been almost a complete loss.

Four weeks after Constantine, I had a partial right knee replacement. I had been having trouble walking...

Just do not seem to be able to shake the on water issues. Constantine has come and gone and still not able to find the real potential of the Beast.
Again, out of the pits running on 4 or 5...

Just do not seem to be able to shake the on water issues. Constantine has come and gone and still not able to find the real potential of the Beast.
Again out of the pits running on 4 or 5 cylinders,...

Just do not seem to be able to shake the on water issues. Constantine has come and gone and still not able to find the real potential of the Beast.
Again out of the pits running on 4 or 5...

Finally stopped raining for a couple of days so I could get the boats out.
Plan is to take them to Constantine on the 12th of July and run the Beast as we now have had success on the dyno.
If...

With the completion of the back half of the crankcase and the fact that I had already made the casting for the replacement heads on the Quincy looper, I figured that I might as well make the block...

Seems that the thread is getting a little stale. So I will add a little material that may not be related to the beast but might still be of interest. The Beast is ready to hit the water next...

The load sensor is placed as close as possible to the 1 foot rotational point of the pump unit for a direct read in foot pounds. The output needs to be divided by 2 due to the chain ratio between...

Attached is a YouTube address to 1 of 4 dyno runs from last weekend on you tube. Numbers are out of order. #3 is pickling after run. #1 was clearing gas and oil from last run with a fouled plug as...

Had a chance to run the engine again on the repaired dyno. Same size chain with an idler to adjust chain better and used a mill/lathe tool cooling system spraying soul-able oil on the chain for...

Yes, that is Owen, my dad, and I in Alexandria La in the early seventies. Engine had stuck the top main bearing and we tore it down and replaced. I do not remember doing anything with the...

I have noticed that some of the posts that I had trouble uploading pictures on have appeared again like they were copied over again. That is what really happened because at the time, as I tried, the...

After reviewing the Cooper instrument site I believe that the unit that you are looking at is just a rotational load cell. Nothing that can be part of a rotating shaft assembly. IE, instead a load...

Looked through out the internet and do not find any eddy current unit that will handle this kind of HP except large dyno units, let alone the one described in your post.

After some research, it...

I guess that the question of how much parasitic drag there may have been from the dyno is now a real consideration. The issue with the chain failure is because the double row chain sprocket tooth...

I guess that the question of how much parasitic drag there may have been from the dyno is now a real consideration. The issue with the chain failure is because the double row chain sprocket on the...

I guess that the question of how much parasitic drag there may have been from the dyno is now a real consideration. The issue with the chain failure is because the double row chain sprocket on the...

I guess I don't know what you are trying to say in this post. If you are insinuating that this level of power is not possible you have to remember that this would have to be considered the Indy car...

NOW AT 270 HP @ 8000 RPM WITH MORE AVALIABLE



https://youtu.be/BxykOl63LVI

The following day, wanting to do a compression check, I pulled the balance of the plugs and was shocked at what I found. I continued to run the compression checks to determine if the problem found...

The following day, wanting to do a compression check, I pulled the balance of the plugs and was shocked at what I found. I continued to run the compression checks to determine if the problem found...

The plugs are new fine wire Iridium Plugs with only the time seen on the video run.

Finally got a chance to run the fuel injected beast on the improved dyno. Not the best video, but at the time it was our best spur of the moment option. Start up good, even being on alcohol.


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Have spent the last few weeks redoing the dyno to make more user friendly by fabricating a frame linking the tank and controls together with the pump stand and placing on wheels. Had to make some...

For those of you that seem to be overly concerned about battery CDI triggers for the Mercury system, this repair facility can probably fill your needs.


http://www.cdielectronics.com/#

Operative words " It works fine" . With all due respect, the Merc battery CDI is all any 6 cylinder Mark series deflector will ever need. Anything else is a waste of money. Distributor bodies can...

The only part that may be a problem is the trigger if you are using the first version that had a bolt in replaceable unit. The later units used a potted tower section. Three different lengths. 3,...

The last of the in line 6 Mercs ran the same ignition as the V-6. It is not a drop in for the belt driven CDI systems as the block is cut a 1/16 shorter on the top end cap surface. As stated, the...

The barrell on the top carb has a pocketed torsion spring that is locked in the throttle body and pretensioned with the barrel and locked to the shaft. Throttle lever is between the bottom two...

As the label says, blends with both methanol alcohol and gasoline. I am finding that uploading pictures is very sensitive to size and anti virus programs. They can not be larger than 2mb and can...

Tried doing a post couple nights ago that met with issues, so I will try again.

When I was with Four Winns I was ask By OMC to convert an Eagle power head into a horizontal crank engine and redo a...

Tried doing a post couple nights ago that met with issues, so I will try again.

When I was Four Winns is was ask By OMC to convert an Eagle power head into a horizontal crank engine and redo a...

In the 1990's I worked for Four Winns boats and at the time we were building the Fling with the OMC Turbo Jet unit I was challenged by one of the top OMC Corp exec's to build a horizontal crank...

When the posts were lost I think that I had been running the engine on the dyno. I had posted a you tube video which I will re-post now.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZrY8KaHTWs

Guess it is time to bring this thread up to date.
Hard time trying to remember what was lost when the thread was lost.
Will try to recreate what l can remember and just go forward.

This is more of an upload test, however I will share with you what I have done while waiting for some good weather.

Just for curiosity sake, I pulled a coil to check the resistance of the primary...

The ratio on the drive is 3 to 1. I know that the pump is made for a normal operating conditions of 2500 RPM at 2500 PSI. I directed by concerns on the speed of the pump and the restrictions of...

A closer look will show that the tees in the vertical fuel log are rotated forward with the filters unhooked. The filters were looped together just to stop any leakage. The correct question would...

Well the dyno is completed, I think. Have fired the engine on it 3 or 4 times with just a couple shots of gas in the carbs and only running for a short burst. That completed priming the hydraulic...

Despite all that bad rap the Duke gets. It is really a great airplane. Had it now for 25 years. Those that knock it are those who have never owned one or did not know how to operate or take care of...

December plus winter weather is a tough time to get much done. I have made some progress on the dyno and have attached a few more pics of the progress. I did after some thought and speed...

In as much as it has been pretty quite and just for some activity I thought I would just insert the ongoing work to produce the dyno for testing the beast before making a fool of myself again.

I...

You might be right. I have given that a lot of thought. The ADI system is a dual 3 cylinder system with a stator that has both high and low speed windings for each box. It could be dropping a box...

Where to start? My first thought is that I should have just put it in the water here at home. It would have been cheaper to pay some tickets and fines than to drag it to Hillsdale. Sound...

As the plan stands today, we will take the beast to Hillsdale Mi Friday September 11 for a day of testing. Will take some videos, good or bad, hopefully all good. What ever the results are, they...

John
Those boats were my fathers love. After he retired he spent his time making wooden birds with spinning wings that were painted to match the breed of bird. He sold those birds and became known...